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United States Patent | 6,139,202 |
Depatie ,   et al. | October 31, 2000 |
According to the present invention, an aperture/shutter system comprises a stator, a homogeneous rotor and at least one shutter blade. The rotor is located adjacent to the stator and has at least one positioning feature; and the shutter blade has a complimentary feature coupled directly to the positioning feature so as to be directly rotatable by the rotor.
Inventors: | Depatie; Jean F. (Albion, NY); Mayer; Teresa C. (Rochester, NY); Bovenzi; Robert A. (Rochester, NY); Farcella; Martin P. (Rochester, NY) |
Assignee: | Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Appl. No.: | 207727 |
Filed: | December 8, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 396/449; 396/463; 396/508 |
Intern'l Class: | G03B 009/08 |
Field of Search: | 396/449,451,463,464,508,244,260 |
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